bird · Charadriiformes · Scolopacidae

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Eurasian Whimbrel, Common Whimbrel. Occurrence records of the Whimbrel are shared on GBIF from around 33 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route National Park (2 128 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernScolopacidae

33reserves with records

9 059records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) — Photo: Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 128
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 531
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 424
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	549
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	482
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	365
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	363
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	322
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	300
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	224
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	187
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	187
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	150
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	141
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	137
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	91
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	48
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	48
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	45
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	44
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	43
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	42
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	35
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	29
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	29
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	27
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	24
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	20
Kwelera Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	17
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	13
Inkwenkwezi Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	8
Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	3
Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	3

By province

Western Cape: 21 reserves
Eastern Cape: 9 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus
GBIF taxon: 2481784
Wikidata: Q18858

More of the Scolopacidae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.